People and companies that are attacking the device because it makes unlocking certain things easy should realize that the issues is not the device but the antiquated vehicles/door locking system that basically uses obscurity for it's security.<p>If you can unlock your car with the flipper zero you can also do it with a ~100 USD SDR and an old laptop.
I have never seen a tool that really does so little out of the box (notice most people only talk about cloning IR remotes) be worried over so much. SDR, key relay and other radio based attacks were happening before flipper and will continue.<p>Anyone who wants to do real harm with flipper will have to learn a lot, and when they do flipper won't be the tool they stick with. It is limited compared to something like hackrf.<p>Criminals can buy all kinds of turnkey kits to do crime, flipper isn't one of them.
> people will write that the Flipper can't be used for jamming. I've bad news. I will not explain what I did, but I tried to implement an attack to prevent my key from opening my car and I successfully had this jammer working at quite a distance (10 meters). That's not good, and script kiddies should be away from this techniques.<p>What's not good is that tons of tech now relies on radio garbage for no reason, especially car keys.
This is a brilliant wrap up, but the real gem is the accompanying app ProtoView.<p>> <i>"The secondary goal of ProtoView is to provide a somewhat-documented application for the Flipper [...] .</i>"<p>Having a well-documented, not too
complicated and somewhat canonical beginner application is so
important.
> the Flipper is an awesome device. I'm kinda sad to understand that its successor is Linux based<p>Anyone know where can I find more info on this "successor" I tried googling with no luck.
Are any more Flipper Zero units coming into the US?<p>I heard that a shipment was seized a couple months ago, maybe due to national sanctions.<p>(I have a Flipper Zero, but no time to play with it. Wondering whether I should sell it, or hold onto it because I won't be able to re-obtain one later.)
Hey @antirez, if you're in the comments here I have a little question. I see someone asked about availability, since it's currently Sold Out. How often did you hit the Store before a unit was available? And was it a really narrow window of availablility? I'm wondering if I should write a little script that'll fetch the page, check availability and send me a notification or whether I should just remember to check the page myself every couple of days.
Tee product quality of the Flipper Zero, including the packaging and the unboxing experience, is incredible. I just got mine a couple of weeks ago and have used it every day. I've done things ranging from analyzing and emulating at the hotel keys at the NY hotel I stayed in the week of the 19th, to turning off the TV sets in the airport lounge on the way back home.
The biggest issue is it’s not an SDR. So reverse engineering protocols will be much harder. At least that’s my understanding. Still, I have really enjoyed using it. UX is great as he says.
I picked up two of these bad boys. It literally took minutes to turn it into a universal remote for everything in my flat, from TV to air filter and everything in between. I love the form factor as well as the interface. I haven't yet had time to delve into the more advanced use-cases, but indeed, it is impressive for what it can do out of the box.
> I tried to implement an attack to prevent my key from opening my car and I successfully had this jammer working at quite a distance (10 meters)<p>Jamming codes - <a href="https://github.com/RocketGod-git/Flipper_Zero/tree/main/subghz/Jamming">https://github.com/RocketGod-git/Flipper_Zero/tree/main/subg...</a><p>Demo here - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vls4FHw_0AE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vls4FHw_0AE</a>